[3] He was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in southern Poland and initially trained in Katowice, both Upper Silesia.

In November 2004, he made his San Francisco Opera and American debut as Lensky in Eugene Onegin.

[5] In 2012/2013, Beczała reprised his role as the Duke in Michael Mayer's new "Rat Pack" production of Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera.

[8] In the same year, he received the Fryderyk Award conferred by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry in the Artist of the Year category[9] as well as the Opera News Award presented by the American classical music magazine Opera News.

[17] Throughout his career he has collaborated with many distinguished artists and conductors including Placido Domingo, Diana Damrau, Gerd Albrecht, Vladimir Jurowski, Anna Netrebko, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Zubin Mehta, Richard Bonynge, Semyon Bychkov, Sir Andrew Davis, Edo de Waart, Iván Fischer, Marek Janowski, Michael Gielen, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Trevor Pinnock, Philippe Herreweghe, Mariss Jansons, Ton Koopman, Kent Nagano, Christian Thielemann, Franz Welser-Möst and Alberto Zedda.